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2011 Australian Shadows Awards
The list of winners and honourable mentions for the 2011 Australian Shadows Awards has been released into the wild. http://australianhorror.com/index.php?view=304 And colour me tickled pink, we've nabbed an Honourable Mention for our editing work on Midnight Echo #6!...
Karaoke State Finals
So, I gathered up the posse on Saturday and descended on the State Finals for the Karaoke World Championship. Representing the Rex Hotel were my good self and Vonnie Barber, and we went up against the venue winners from pubs far and wide for the chance to represent...
Conversations in the Fisch-Bowl #1: Lisa L Hannett
Welcome to "Conversations in the Fisch-Bowl", a new and hopefully regular fixture on this, the Fisch-blog. From time to time I'll add to this Conversation, where I'll allow a special guest to pontificate on matters high and low. My first guest is the incredibly...
Table of Contents announced for The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011
Some great news - alongside a swag of my peers and colleagues, one of my stories will be appearing in the Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011. This will be "Hunting Rufus", which first appeared in Midnight Echo #5. Congratulations everybody, if it's...
Karaoke Update
My assault on the Karaoke World Championship continues. Last night my cheer-posse and I descended on the Rex Hotel, for the venue finals. A great night of song and fun, and the hosts have to be commended for putting on a great show. End result, I came 2nd for the...
Interview at 40K Books
A recent interview I did over at 40K books, where I wax philosophical on e-books and such. Check em out, they've got a great range of books from authors such as Kaaron Warren, Bruce Sterling, and Jeff VanDerMeer. http://www.40kbooks.com/?p=13470
The Once and Future (Karaoke) King
In my non-writing life, I've sometimes been known to assemble a posse of the like-minded and take over the nearest karaoke bar. It started off as dutch courage and ten people crowded around a microphone, to going it alone and improvising strange poetry in the middle...
E-Book Giveaway
To celebrate the release of the "VIRAL" series onto the Kindle, the books are currently listed at half-price. Four collaborative novellas, five authors, plenty of political thriller action that anyone can sink their teeth into. Links to the books on Amazon can be...
“Viral: Anomaly” – it’s contagious.
"Ifo was the size of a small city, and what it lacked in traffic lights, it made up for in other ways. Corpse-trucks were everywhere, soldiers blocking off the roads as drivers sped the infected remains out of camp. A trio of Red Cross trucks had just arrived, and...
“Viral” – It’s Spreading…
A journalist stumbles across a deadly secret. Aid doctors find themselves on the new warfront, where the truth is fluid, and life is cheap. A company man has to make a brutal decision that could affect millions. Welcome to Viral, a series of political thrillers set...
Aurealis Magazine #49 Now Available
The good folks at Aurealis have just released issue #49 into the e-wilds, which contains Sean McMullen's story "The First Boat", as well as my own dystopian piece "Rolling for Fetch". The issue is chock-full of reviews and other goodies, and Adam Duncan's illustration...
Feral Camels, Eat Their Flesh…
"About 200 camels have been removed from South Australia's remote Aboriginal lands as part of a feral camel management project. Aboriginal people have been trained to muster the camels, creating an industry and turning an environmental problem into a source of income...